Who Was Mark?
Who, what, where, when and why of Mark’s gospel. Who was it written to? What was their life like at that time? Why write a gospel at all, as far as we can tell, no one wrote a gospel for at least 20 years after the resurrection. What is the Big Idea of this book?
The
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The Facts About Friendships - John 15:13-15
We all need friends, but few understand the basics about forming quality friendships. A true friend is someone whom we enjoy mutual affection, interests and respect for. The best friends are those who are helpers in times of trouble. Those who are
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Then Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he was asking his disciples, "Who do people say I am?" They answered him, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others one of the prophets." Then he

Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man would have to suffer a great deal and be rejected by the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he would be killed, but after three days he would rise again. He was speaking about this matter quite openly. Peter took him aside and began to
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Then they left that place and were passing through Galilee. Jesus didn’t want anyone to know it, for he was teaching his disciples and saying to them, "The Son of Man will be betrayed into human hands. They will kill him, but after being dead for three da

Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was at home, he asked the disciples, "What were you arguing about on the road?" But they kept silent, for on the road they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.
So he sat down and called the twelve. He told them, "If anyone wants to be
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Matthew 24:14
Missions Matters
Woodlawn Baptist Church
September 23, 2007
Does missions really matter? Today I want to address this question in our current sermon series about things that matter. I have said so far that preaching matters, church matters, giving matters, and today I want
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The people's potential response in Mark 14:1-2 & The Laodicean Church - A comparison

The Plot to Kill Jesus - Mark 14:1-2
After two days it was the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by trickery and put Him to death. 2 But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar of the
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Mark 1:1 Good News!
5/28/00 D. Marion Clark
The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Background
Mark’s name first appears in Acts 12:12: When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had
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The Miracles and the Ministry of the Messiah in the Book of Mark
Week 10: “Rejected by Man While Glorifying God” (Mark 6:1-6)
May 31, 2015
Crossroads Community Church
Rev. Ricky A. Rohrig Sr., Founding Pastor
All of us in here at one time or another have been rejected. Maybe you
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"Jesus said ’Do you see these great buildings?’ Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.’" (Mark 3:2)

It is such an offensive thing to say!
Oh, I know that nothing in permanent in this life and that the greatest of our human institutions and heroic achievements will eventually pass and go the way of all flesh, but I really didn’t want to be confronted with that just now!.
And though they take
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A sermon for the 18th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 20
A sermon about the last and the first getting the same wages

18th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 20
Matthew 20:1-16
"God’s Generous Love"
1* ¶ "For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
2* After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his
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We have all heard the common phrase “Seeing is believing.” It is a phrase that has permeated our culture and has broken down the faith that needs to be practiced by born again believers. If you are a part of a word of faith, spirit-filled church then you know that “seeing is
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Jesus challenges his disciples, the crowd and us to surrender ourselves to what God has planned for us, rather than holding on to worldly things for our own comfort.

Series: The Book of Mark
Man’s Way or God’s Way
Text: Mark 8:31-9:1
What does it mean to be a Christian? Some people think that just because members of their family are Christians, then that automatically makes them Christians. Others think that just because they were baptized then
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Jesus and his disciples, including James and John, left the synagogue and went straight to the home of Simon and Andrew. Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and as soon as Jesus arrived, he was told about her. He went to her, took her by t

Christmas According to St. Mark
Mark 1:1-8
St. Matthew has a Christmas story in which Joseph is prominent. St. Luke has a Christmas story. Even John has a Christmas story from a cosmic perspective where the Word became flesh. But is there a Christmas story in Mark? Let us see.
From first
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